A Rotating Great Rhombicosidodecahedron, with Spinning Mandalas On Its Faces

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A Rotating Great Rhombicosidodecahedron, with Spinning Mandalas On Its Faces

This polyhedron is also known as the truncated icosidodecahedron. However, I prefer the name which appears in the title of this post.

I made the image which appears on each face with Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint, and then used Stella 4d to project this image onto each face of this polyhedron, and create this rotating .gif image.

If you’d like to try Stella 4d for free, just visit this site: http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php. To my knowledge, a free trial download is only available for Stella 4d, but not for the other programs mentioned above.

An Icosidodecahedral Cluster of Great Rhombicosidodecahedra

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An Icosidodecahedral Cluster of Great Rhombicosidodecahedra

I made this, using Stella 4d, by augmenting the thirty square faces of a great rhombicosidodecahedron with additional great rhombicosidodecahedra. The result has one of these polyhedra located in each position which corresponds to a vertex of an icosidodecahedron.

You can give this program a try yourself, for free, at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

A Faceting of the Great Rhombicosidodecahedron

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A Faceting of the Great Rhombicosidodecahedron

Software credit: http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php

Great Rhombicosidodecahedron with Interference Patterns

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Great Rhombicosidodecahedron with Interference Patterns

Programs used: Geometer’s Sketchpad and MS-Paint, to make the image seen in the previous post; and Stella 4d, to place that image of each face of this polyhedron, and then make this rotating .gif file.

Stella 4d may be tried for free at http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.

Puckered Ring of Ten Great Rhombicosidodecahedra

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Puckered Ring of Ten Great Rhombicosidodecahedra

Created using software here: http://www.software3d.com/stella.php.